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WILLIAMSBURG — United States Golf Association suits are either marketing geniuses or delusional mad scientists. We'll know which in about a month, when their grand experiment produces either unprecedented exposure for their signature championships or an embarrassing implosion that spoils the most important tournament in the women's game. Pinehurst No. 2 in the North Carolina sandhills is revered by legions, most notably Jack Nicklaus, and the USGA is staging the U.S. Open there June 12-15, followed by the U.S. Women's Open June 19-22. Two tournaments, major championships no less, back-to-back on the same layout. Unprecedented, intriguing and oh, so risky. And...

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WILLIAMSBURG — United States Golf Association suits are either marketing geniuses or delusional mad scientists. We'll know which in about a month, when their grand experiment produces either unprecedented exposure for their signature championships or an...

Jack Nicklaus played in an astonishing 154 consecutive major championships for which he was eligible. Next week’s U.S. Open will be the sixth major Tiger Woods has missed in the last six years.
If Woods is to have any hope of surpassing Nicklaus’ 18...

Since Curtis Strange repeated as U.S. Open champion 25 years ago, the first to do so since Ben Hogan in 1951, many of golf's elite have attempted to join their company. Tiger Woods, Hale Irwin, Ernie Els and Payne Stewart headline the 18-strong group,...

Jason Day had a good feeling that this was going to be a big year for him as long as he could stay healthy. Here's to good health. Day lived up to one part of his mission Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open by winning a four-man playoff on the second...

PHILADELPHIA -- There was not much change to the men's world rankings as there were just two changes inside the top 20 this week.
Rory McIlroy finished the year as the No. 1 ranked player as he holds a comfortable lead atop the rankings.
Henrik Stenson,...

The Masters got back to business Wednesday -- the final chance for practice rounds -- with at least some of the field fortified by a meal of "bugs" the night before.
Luke Donald and Keegan Bradley were the first players off the tee in...

PINEHURST, N.C. -- The 114th U.S. Open begins Thursday morning at Pinehurst No. 2 in the sand hills of North Carolina. A 156-player field will attack a par-70 course that has so many unique challenges throughout.
As a primer for the start of the...

PINEHURST, N.C. – Temperatures are rising in the sandhills of North Carolina. Highs for Thursday’s opening round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 are projected to top off at 88 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
As if the demands of a...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A year ago, Jason Dufner ambled around Oak Hill Country Club, winning his first major championship and hearts of golf fans introduced to the relaxed concept of Dufnering.
Dufner's goals for the 96th PGA Championship, which begins...

AKRON, Ohio -- Rory McIlroy birdied four of the first five holes on Sunday to grab the lead, and he went on to win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational by two strokes.
McIlroy closed with his second straight 4-under 66 to end at 15-under-par 265. The win...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Matt Every's comeback was now as complete as Adam Scott's collapse.
Winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday after being down as many as nine shots to Scott during the tournament was only part of his rally. Every had been down...

HOYLAKE, England — On a closing Sunday of great golf at the 143rd British Open, played over the picturesque Royal Liverpool links near the Irish Sea, champion Rory McIlroy did what he had to while everybody else went low.
McIlroy shot 71, and it was...

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6
A Case of You
A young writer smitten with the barista at his local coffee shop scours her Facebook profile for intel and tries to transform himself into her dream guy. With Justin Long and Evan Rachel Wood. Written by Long. Directed by...

After bogeying No. 17, Rory McIlroy slipped in a six-foot putt to save par on the 18th that led to the Northern Irishman giving a small fist pump for a grinding one-under-par 69, a round that could have been worse and that leaves him with a realistic...

It appears that Tiger Woods and his former caddie, Steve Williams, have put an end to their feud that began after Woods fired Williams in 2011.
Williams now caddies for Adam Scott, who was paired with Woods in the final round of the British Open on...

Jim Furyk shot a two-under-par 68 on Saturday in the third round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y, and will take a one-shot lead over Jason Dufner into the final round.
So far this year, none of the 54-hole leaders at...

How did young golf star Rory McIlroy ring in the new year? He asked girlfriend and tennis star Caroline Wozniacki to marry him, and she said yes.
The power couple broke the news on Twitter as they celebrated New Year's Eve in Sydney, where Wozniacki is...

The uphill putt just didn’t have enough steam, stopping a foot short of the cup.
That’s how close Jason Dufner came to setting the record for the lowest round ever in a major golf tournament. Missing birdie at No. 18 was a rare disappointment in his...

The 2013 Fall Movie Preview is a broad snapshot of films opening through Nov. 1. Release dates and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change.
SEPT. 6
36 Saints
Two New York City detectives hunt for a serial killer targeting 36...